Sam Greenlee
Born
in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
July 13, 1930
Died
May 19, 2014
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
40 editions
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1969
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Baghdad Blues
3 editions
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1976
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Blues for an African Princess
4 editions
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1960
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Ammunition! : poetry and other raps
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Progress in Mathematics Student Workbook Grade 1
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"Be-bop man/be-bop woman" 1968-1993: Poetry and other raps
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“Whites were fools and one had constantly to fight in order not to underestimate their power and danger, because a powerful and dangerous fool is not to be underestimated. Add the elements of hypocrisy and fear and one had an extremely volatile combination. It was a combination that could easily blow the country, even the world, apart. In”
― The Spook Who Sat by the Door
― The Spook Who Sat by the Door
“By now, Freeman knew his opponent. You'd be dangerous in an alley, thought Free man, but you hung yourself up with judo. Karate, or jujitsu, maybe, to slow me down with the chops and kicks. But there is just no way you can throw me in judo, white boy. He wondered whether to fight, or to continue on the defense. He looked at Calhoun, squatting Japanese-style on the other side of the mat, the hatred and contempt naked on his face. No, he thought, even if I blow my scene, I got to kick this ofay's ass. When you grab me again, whitey, you are going to have two handfuls of 168 pounds of pure black hell.”
― The Spook Who Sat by the Door
― The Spook Who Sat by the Door
“Senator Hennington, we all know that deceit, hypocrisy, duplicity are the everyday tools of our agents in the field. Much to their credit, the childlike nature of the colored mentality is ill-suited to the craft of intelligence and espionage.”
― The Spook Who Sat by the Door
― The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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